Thecomplaint,whichwasfirstreportedbytheWashingtonFreeBeacon,alsoasksthepaneltolookintoreportsby a conservativemediaoutletthatMenendezsolicitedprostitutionwhiletravelingabroad—allegationsthesenatorhasvehementlydeniedandthathavenotbeensubstantiated.

“ItdoesnotappearthatSenatorMenendez’sapparentacceptanceofprivatejettravelandluxurylodgingwaspermittedbySenategiftrules,”SamuelD.Thompson,chairmanoftheMiddlesexCountyRepublicanOrganization and a New Jersey state senator,wroteinthecomplaint.“NordoesitappearthatSenatorMenendezdisclosedacceptanceofthistravelandlodgingonhisfinancialdisclosureform—ashewouldberequiredtodoevenifthegiftswereotherwisepermissible.